“Behind manifest grandiosity, there constantly lurks depression, and behind a depressive mood there often hide unconscious (or conscious but split off) fantasies… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
We often in our misfortunes take that for constancy and patience which is only dejection of mind; we suffer without daring to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“We have talked about Suzy and about her last days, but it's as if our lives stopped then and there. If I… — Nancy E. Turner Copy Share Image
You think your alone? You're not... Look around each one of us has been through it, but that doesn't matter. It matters… — Leslie Copy Share Image
I think that there's a clinical mental illness called depression, but I believe that post-industrial America has been narcotized by progress. There's… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I am concerned that Millennials are stressed out. They have a higher suicide rate than other generations at their same age. They… — Chip Espinoza Copy Share Image
“Being depressed and suicidal doesn't mean wanting to kill yourself every moment of every day. It may be a fixed obsession, but… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There are days-depression is a part of it-when if all you do is get dressed, take a shower and put on your… — Deborah Norville Copy Share Image
“which she played like the crazy prodigy she was, then she blanked out again. Her depression was ameliorated by music and brought… — C.D. Reiss Copy Share Image
I dont remember the last time I was happy. All I know is, I just woke up in this wicked place. This… — Broken Soul Copy Share Image
A broken leg can be remembered and located: "It hurt right below my knee, it throbbed, I felt sick at my stomach."… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
“Drinking when you are depressed is like throwing kerosene on a fire", I read in another self-help book at the bookstore. What… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
“the stress created by information overload, physical clutter, and the endless choices required from these things can trigger an array of mental… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
I grew up on what everybody called a plantation - but believe me, it wasn't a plantation. It was just an old… — Sam Phillips Copy Share Image
“I used to feel like i was on the top of the world. Then one day, i noticed that it felt like… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
“Wolverine and Spider-Man on depression: --Wanna know why it's called "depression"? Because it IS depressing... A death isn't like losing a job… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
Join with those who sing, tell stories, talk pleasure in life, and have joy in their eyes, because joy is contagious, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Both the biological and psychological approaches are suspect since both posit an unreal world, completely at odds with human experience, in which… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“Facebook Sonnet Facebook is not just injurious to health, It's now a full-on humanitarian crisis. If you think it's just a harmless… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“No matter how tightly you grip the wheel, no matter how hard you try to drive straight, something keeps jerking you to… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
One trembles to think of that mysterious thing in the soul, which seems to acknowledge no human jurisdiction, but in spite of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It's not something I'm embarrassed about. Depression is an issue that tends to be brushed under the carpet. My hope is that… — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
“How did I get to the place where I would be considering that darkest of all escapes — suicide — on the… — Todd Peperkorn Copy Share Image
Anybody who's had to contend with mental illness - whether it's depression, bipolar illness or severe anxiety, whatever - actually has a… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
A disruption of the circadian cycle—the metabolic and glandular rhythms that are central to our workaday life—seems to be involved in many,… — William Styron Copy Share Image
The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
“Her parents, she said, has put a pinball machine inside her head when she was five years old. The red balls told… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Most of the unhappiness and the sometimes-severe depression I've dealt with throughout my life have come not from the losses and injuries… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
“I did the only thing I knew how to do: I built my own walls of silence to disguise my desperation and… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
I am the subject of depression so fearful that I hope none of you ever get to such extremes of wretchedness as… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“I was moving in a narrow range between busy distractedness and a pervasive sadness whose granules seemed to enter each cell, weighing… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Day after day, more and more medications are prescribed for depression and addiction, assuming that these things run in our blood, when… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“It doesn't get better," I said. "The pain. The wounds scab over and you don't always feel like a knife is slashing… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
To be honest, I hate it when people tell me I know what it's like to go through what your'e going through.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image